Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-03-01
PERSONAL AND iMpERsoNAL.


Mrs. Mahala-Buett Lawrence, OF
Warsaw. N. Y, celebrated her ninetieth
birthday recently. and five of the guests
were ladies aged 30, 80, 81, 81 and W
years.
Mrs. Clark, of Brooklyn, N. T.,
recently sued Adolph Pfaif, banker,
for $4,000 damages for calling her a
thief. The jury gave her averdict OF
six cents.
Frank Siddall, the Philadelphia
soap man, says: IL have confined my
advertising to newspapers. The man
who does not read newspaper does
not use SOAP"
George Kersey, OF Lancaster Coun-
tv, Pennsylvania, is thirteen years old
and seven feet high. His brother, aged
twenty years, is six feet three inches
high, and the father and mother each
measure six feet, IT Philadelphia Press.
Jacob Griel, who died recently in
Lancaster, Pa, aged eighty-three
wears, was the wcalthiest real-estate
owner in that city. He walked there
upon his arrival in this country, in
New York, and began operations with
one dollar Pittsburgh Post.
The richest full-blooded Indian in
this country is II lad named Jimmie,
near Seattle. w. T., who has eight
thousand dollars in the bank. He be-
longs to the Neah Bay tribe, among
which are several comparatively
wealthy braves. - Chicago Times.
Mrs. Harriet Green, who is cred.
tied with having secured the control
of the Georgia Central railroad, was
the daughter of an ex-New Bedford
whaler, from whom she inherited &c.
DOC, 600. She also inherited S4,000,OO0
from an aunt. and her fortune is now
estimated at $50, 900, 000.-Boston Jour
nal.
Two brothers, neither of whom
was aware of the others intention. mot
accidentally in Chattanooga lately
while taking out marriage licenses, and
they concluded to pool their issues to
the extent of having their respective
marriages performed at the same time
and by the same Clergyman. atlanta
Constitution.
Edgar Littlejohn, of Cape Eliza
beth. Me-, put Sl0l in the stove for
safe keeping, and his wife built q fire
in the stove. The bills were rescued,
charred and apparently worthless
heap, but Littlejohn took them to
Postmaster Palmer, of Portland. made
affidavit as TO the number and denom-
ination of the burned bills, the post
master wrote good letter to the
authorities IN Washington, and the
other day Littlejohn received check
for the full amount. Boston Herald.
"A solid man is Jonathan Bass, of
Cambria, n. Y. In 1913 his joints be-
gan to stiifen and grow into solid bone;
in 1857 he took to his bed, and there he
lies now, perfectly stiff. every joint
solid, unable to stir, unable to masti-
cate food, and blind Yet he eats the
heartiest food by sucking it into his
mouth and swallowing it whole. His
constitutional health is good, he keeps
himself informed on current topics and
is likely to live many Years yet. lie is
now lifty-six years old and weighs but
seyenty-iive pounds. -Bu6diO Express.
Mr.. James Murdoch, the veteran
actor, relates that at the outbreak of
the war he was playing in Hamlet"
at Milwaukee. The play was half fin
ished, when there was tumult in the
house. The actors paused. A man
sprang upon the stage and read Lin
coins call for seventy-five thousand
troops. The play was never finished,
but Mr.. Murdoch, in the garb of Ham
let, stood by the side of Matt Carpen-
ter and made speech for the Union.
Next day he packed up his wardrobe
and never reopened the trunks until
the war was over Chicago Journal.